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as in struggled
to devote serious and sustained effort
everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule
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as in hurried
to proceed or move quickly
we'd better hustle, or we'll miss the train
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as in squeezed
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change
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Recent Examples of hustled
Dominguez hustled back to the wall and made a spectacular catch, but crashed incredibly hard into the wall.
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Caminero led off with a walk, then hustled to third when Aranda followed with a single.
—Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Alec Bohm drove in a run with a slow roller when Harper hustled to beat shortstop Otto Lopez's throw to second.
—CBS News, 3 May 2026
On the ensuing possession after Ausar Thompson hustled for an offensive rebound, Cunningham made a step-back, 16-foot jumper to help seal it.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
The president was uninjured and was hustled away.
—Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
All of them were hustled out of sight.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
Maxey hustled to try to save the possession for his team, but Brown poked the ball away one more time and tracked it down.
—Jay King, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Kempe hustled back, only to have Lehkonen’s pass for Logan O’Connor go off his skate and in for the Kings’ second own-goal of the evening.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Caminero led off with a walk, then hustled to third when Aranda followed with a single.
—Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Alec Bohm drove in a run with a slow roller when Harper hustled to beat shortstop Otto Lopez's throw to second.
—CBS News, 3 May 2026
On the ensuing possession after Ausar Thompson hustled for an offensive rebound, Cunningham made a step-back, 16-foot jumper to help seal it.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
The president was uninjured and was hustled away.
—Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
All of them were hustled out of sight.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
Maxey hustled to try to save the possession for his team, but Brown poked the ball away one more time and tracked it down.
—Jay King, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Kempe hustled back, only to have Lehkonen’s pass for Logan O’Connor go off his skate and in for the Kings’ second own-goal of the evening.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hustled
Verb
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The more epistemically rigorous elements in the coalition have struggled to make common cause with these lower-information voters.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Both struggled with foul trouble, and the Knicks outscored Philly 56-30 in the paint, yet the Sixers were still a few baskets away from evening the best-of-seven series.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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Americans have a long history of being hurried into war on false pretexts.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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His father was a schoolteacher and a member of the Nazi Party; Baselitz, who was seven at the cessation of World War II, would later recall the smoke rising from firebombed Dresden as his mother hurried her children through the city in a futile attempt to escape the Russians.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 May 2026
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Meanwhile, American families are getting squeezed by high gas prices, unaffordable housing, soaring grocery bills and out-of-touch politicians who are more focused on woke ideology than on real solutions.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Geneva coach Brad Wendell knew that Kastor’s slow start last season squeezed him out of the lineup.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Cade Cavalli, who struck out 10 in each of his previous two starts, labored his way through four innings, and the offense failed to convert on early opportunities.—
Danielle Allentuck,
Washington Post,
6 May 2026
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In Qatar, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi factory worker labored through 12-hour shifts as missiles flew overhead.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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When the news came that a horse had scratched, a great stir rose, and several of the groomsmen who were sitting in the stalls with their horse wards scurried to start their brisk brushing to get the pine shavings off and used their jute sacks to spit-shine the coats slick.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Flyers fans stomped on the animal and nearly destroyed it before security scurried the souvenir away from the rambunctious crowd.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There’s no trace of anything strummed or plucked; clusters of tone simply materialize out of thin air, as capricious as weather.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
6 May 2026
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He’s plucked employees from companies like Uber, Google, and Facebook to professionalize the place.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
6 May 2026
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Snell worked around Kim’s throwing error in the third to pitch a scoreless third and his day was done after 77 pitches.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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After his playing days were over, Kerr worked as a basketball analyst for TNT, then was an executive with the Suns from 2007-10.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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Kimmel’s pretend roast The license probe reportedly was sped up after the Kimmel joke.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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The city has released unedited footage showing the high-speed, life-or-death negotiation that played out when a robbery suspect sped off with an Antioch officer inside his getaway car, then attempted to negotiate out of trouble until being shot in the leg.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Hustled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hustled. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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